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He’s already said that he has a career plan. That’s great for him. But if he has his sights set higher than us then he should make sure his form reaches those heights too. Otherwise he’ll burn his bridges and find he’s not as sought after elsewhere as he’d imagined. He is a great player, but is he in the elite?

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As I said previously...he's declared his intentions and I don't want anyone putting on a Spurs shirt next season with that attitude. Thanks for everything....there's the door. Nobody is bigger than the club and for him to say he'll stay if he has to I find insulting.

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He’s already said that he has a career plan. That’s great for him. But if he has his sights set higher than us then he should make sure his form reaches those heights too. Otherwise he’ll burn his bridges and find he’s not as sought after elsewhere as he’d imagined. He is a great player, but is he in the elite?

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He’s already said that he has a career plan. That’s great for him. But if he has his sights set higher than us then he should make sure his form reaches those heights too. Otherwise he’ll burn his bridges and find he’s not as sought after elsewhere as he’d imagined. He is a great player, but is he in the elite?

Not as far as Europe's elite is concerned, and he showed it in the latter part of the season. He had the odd flash, but other than that, was pretty average I'd say.
If he wants that big money move, he needs to show more... with us.

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Eriksen is a good player, but if he's looking elsewhere, then with 1-yr left on his deal, we ought to sell him for as much as we can. Real Madrid would not have been the only club to look at him, so another suitor for his signature won't be too much of an issue.

It will interesting to see how much Man Utd will quote Real Madrid for Pogba because, with Raiola as his agent, I imagine he'd be on a very lucrative & long term deal. Eriksen on the other hand would much cheaper for them.

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Eriksen is a good player, but if he's looking elsewhere, then with 1-yr left on his deal, we ought to sell him for as much as we can. Real Madrid would not have been the only club to look at him, so another suitor for his signature won't be too much of an issue.

It will interesting to see how much Man Utd will quote Real Madrid for Pogba because, with Raiola as his agent, I imagine he'd be on a very lucrative & long term deal. Eriksen on the other hand would much cheaper for them.

Seems very likely to me that he doesn't want to go anywhere other than RM. What Eriksen needs is someone brething down his neck in a Spurs shirt instead of being a guaranteed starter regardless of form. He also needs an occasional rest to keep him fresh. We can't make him go to another team if he doesn't want to, much as it might seem the preferred option.

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If you went to your boss and said you weren't happy, needed a fresh challenge and would try and move somewhere else ...but if it didn't work out you were willing to stay but would need a pay rise what would his reaction be ?
Bearing in mind that for the past few months you hadn't been exactly pulling your weight at the job....exactly...."There's the door"

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We got another year of fully-committed play from Luka Modric after his non-move to Chelsea broke down. I think Eriksen has a similar attitude: if he stays, he'll want to work hard and win.

It would also give us a year to develop and integrate the kind of replacement we are likely to be getting: either a player with no experience of English football, or an up-and-coming player from the Championship.

I entirely disagree with the notion that Eriksen lets his effort slip when he's out of form. If he isn't playing well, it's because his high-risk, high-reward passes aren't coming off. He still runs more than nearly everyone.

He's also got the rare gift of almost never being injured. It's an underrated trait (see also: Frank Lampard).

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We got another year of fully-committed play from Luka Modric after his non-move to Chelsea broke down. I think Eriksen has a similar attitude: if he stays, he'll want to work hard and win.

It would also give us a year to develop and integrate the kind of replacement we are likely to be getting: either a player with no experience of English football, or an up-and-coming player from the Championship.

I entirely disagree with the notion that Eriksen lets his effort slip when he's out of form. If he isn't playing well, it's because his high-risk, high-reward passes aren't coming off. He still runs more than nearly everyone.

He's also got the rare gift of almost never being injured. It's an underrated trait (see also: Frank Lampard).

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We got another year of fully-committed play from Luka Modric after his non-move to Chelsea broke down. I think Eriksen has a similar attitude: if he stays, he'll want to work hard and win.

It would also give us a year to develop and integrate the kind of replacement we are likely to be getting: either a player with no experience of English football, or an up-and-coming player from the Championship.

I entirely disagree with the notion that Eriksen lets his effort slip when he's out of form. If he isn't playing well, it's because his high-risk, high-reward passes aren't coming off. He still runs more than nearly everyone.

He's also got the rare gift of almost never being injured. It's an underrated trait (see also: Frank Lampard).

Carpe Diem

Eriksen is a good player, but if he's looking elsewhere, then with 1-yr left on his deal, we ought to sell him for as much as we can. Real Madrid would not have been the only club to look at him, so another suitor for his signature won't be too much of an issue.

It will interesting to see how much Man Utd will quote Real Madrid for Pogba because, with Raiola as his agent, I imagine he'd be on a very lucrative & long term deal. Eriksen on the other hand would much cheaper for them.

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If true, its one club down and a few to go.
But I'm still not confident he's staying. I don't think he'd make the comments he made, without knowing there was definite interest from clubs, he and his agent were interested in going to.

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